UMokoena uvula inhliziyo ngeBafana nezinselelo zakhe
Umdlali wasemsini weBafana Bafana, uTeboho Mokoena, ukhulumile okokuqala ngesimo esibuhlungu sokumiswa kwakhe okasicishe sabhadalisa iNingizimu Afrika ngaphandle kweNdebe yoMhlaba ka-2026.
I-Fifa yakhipha amaphuzu amathathu eBafana ngemva kokudlala kwakhe neLesotho engafanelanga ukudlala, ngoba wayesethole amakhadi amabili aphuzi ngaphambilini engakhwazwanga ngalokho.
Nanyana kwaba njalo, iNingizimu Afrika yabuya ngamandla.
Ukwedlula okungenamphumela neZimbabwe kanye nokunqoba okubalulekileyo neRwanda kwenzele ukuthi iqembu lithathe indawo yokuqala kuGroup C.
I-Bafana yaphawulisa ukuqinisekisa ukungena kwayo ngokunqoba okuqinileyo 3–0 ngeRwanda eMbombela Stadium egcwele abantu.
Ukunqoba kukaNigeria 4–0 ngeBenin ngalobo busuku nako kwabasiza abafana bakaHugo Broos.
Ekhuluma noThabiso Mosia kuRadio 2000 ngesonto elidlulileyo, uTeboho Mokoena uthe lokhu kwamefaka ubuhlungu obukhulu.
“Kwaba nzima kimi lomndeni wami, ikakhulu umama,” kutsho yena.
“Wayengitshela ukuthi abantu bayangisola, bathi ngib hadalise isizwe.
Laphakathi etolo, ababantu babenza ihlaya ngami, yikho lapho kwangibamba kakhulu.”
UMokoena uthe ubengakwazi ukuthi usethole lamakhadi aphuzi.
Uveze ukuthi wazama kakhulu ekuziqeqesheni, kodwana engasiyi yena, kwaze kwafika umqeqetshi wamkhuthaza ukuthi angazisoli.
Uthi isikhathi sokugcina sokufinyelela kuNdebe yoMhlaba siqede isisindo esasisemhliziyweni wakhe.
UMokoena usevaliwe leli khasi. Udlale kahle emdlalweni wakhe wama-50 weBafana ngebanga iNingizimu Afrika inqobe iZambia 3–1.
